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Healthwatch Darlington provides a single point of contact to help people find information about health and social care choices and signpost to NHS Complaints Advocacy. For information and signposting, please call us on 01325 380145 or email info@healthwatchdarlington.co.uk. We're here to help and support you.

Please find links and telephone numbers for a variety of useful services from the links above.

NHS Choose Well Campaign

Often people go to A&E or call 999 when they should seek help elsewhere. The NHS Choose Well campaign wants to help you make the right decision on where to go when you're ill or worried about a loved one.

Selecting the most appropriate NHS service for the seriousness of your symptoms:

A & E emergency or 999

This should only be used in life-threatening or critical situations

GP Practice

For medical advice, examinations and prescriptions for illnesses you can’t shake off.

Pharmacist/Chemist

For advice on illnesses and the right medicines for coughs, colds, flu, stomach upsets, aches and sprains.

NHS 111

For 24-hour-a-day urgent care that isn’t an emergency when your GP Surgery is closed.

This service can be accessed across County Durham and Darlington.

Self Care

For minor illnesses combine over the counter medicines with plenty of rest.

By choosing well and avoiding inappropriate visits to A & E we can ensure that our hospitals can focus on the most serious cases and emergencies.

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What is Healthwatch Darlington?

Healthwatch Darlington Limited is an independent consumer champion for health and social care in Darlington. The organisation helps to shape and improve local health and social care in our community. Healthwatch Darlington Limited is part of the Healthwatch national network, established by the Government to ensure local patients and users have a greater input to shaping and designing local services.